‘Concert truck’ strikes a chord with Hilton Head youth. Where will it roll to next?

Boxed inside a jet-black truck trailer, donned in a floor-length red dress, a classically-trained concert pianist asks a crowd of children: “Who here likes fairy tales?”

Tiny hands shoot up from the crowd. From the parking lot in front of The Children’s Center on Hilton Head Island, the kids look onward as the pianist and her partner perform a duet inspired by the tale of Sleeping Beauty. The duo sits side by side at grand piano strapped to a stage not much bigger than a walk-in closet.

The mobile venue, appropriately dubbed “The Concert Truck,” puts on free shows throughout the country. The truck put on five performances on Hilton Head Island Friday, with the preschool and daycare serving as the second stop of the day…

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